Faculty & Staff
Ranjan Karri (Ph.D., Washington State University)
Professor, Chair
Areas of Specialization: Entrepreneurship, Business Ethics, Strategic Management
Email: rkarr2@uis.edu
Phone: (217) 206-7917
Office: UHB 4068
Atul Agarwal (Ph.D., University of Texas Arlington)
Professor
Areas of Specialization: Lean Operations, Supply Chain
Email: aagar3@uis.edu
Phone: (217) 206-6713
Office: UHB 4074
Shipra Gupta (Ph.D., University of Nebraska at Lincoln)
Associate Professor
Areas of specialization: Consumer Behavior, Retail Management, Marketing Communication, Fashion Marketing, Sustainability, Public Policy Issues, Cross-cultural Issues
Email: shipra.gupta@uis.edu
Phone: (217) 206-7926
Office: UHB 4066
William Kline (Ph.D., Bowling Green State University)
Associate Professor
Areas of Specialization: Business Ethics, Philosophy, Economics
Email: wklin2@uis.edu
Phone: (217) 206-8138
Office: UHB 4077
Stephanie Maynard-Patrick (Ph.D., New Mexico State University)
Visiting Assistant Professor
Areas of Specialization: Organizational Behavior, Human Resource Management
Email: smaynar2@uis.edu
Phone:
Office: UHB 4072
Sevilay Onal (Ph.D., New Jersey Institute of Technology)
Assistant Professor
Areas of Specialization: Mathematical Modeling, E-commerce Operations, Supply Chain Management
Email: sonal2@uis.edu
Phone: (217) 206-7924
Office: UHB 4075
Carolee M. Rigsbee (Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio)
Assistant Professor
Areas of Specialization: Strategic Management
Email: crigs2@uis.edu
Phone: (217) 206-8254
Office: UHB 4062
Dr. Sudeep Sharma (Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis)
Associate Professor
Areas of Specialization: Organizational Behavior, Conflict Management, Human Resource Management
Email: sshar5@uis.edu
Phone: (217) 206-8275
Office: UHB 4070
Dr. Nathan Steele (Ph.D., Indiana University)
Associate Professor, MBA Director
Areas of Specialization: Power & Negotiation, Managing Organizational Behavior, Group Processes, Teamwork, Game Theory and Game Theoretic Paradigms
Phone: (217) 206-7928
Email: nstee2@uis.edu
Office: UHB 4063
Jorge Villegas (Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin)
Professor, Associate Dean
Areas of specialization: Advertising, Consumer Behavior
Email: jvill2@uis.edu
Phone: (217) 206-7927
Office: UHB 4009
Yuan Wen (Ph.D, Washington State University)
Assistant Professor
Areas of specialization: Marketing-Finance Interface, Marketing Strategy
Email: ywen25@uis.edu
Phone: (217) 206-8264
Office: UHB 4062